Ewan McCartney

Ewan McCartney

@ewanmc.bsky.social

He/They. Seattle based tutor and all around general nerd. Owner of https://www.psabilityprep.com/

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Our election research team put out an article today explaining how the prediction markets (e.g. Kalshi, Polymarket) — and social media posts featuring visualizations from those platforms — may feed election rumors & conspiracy theories around the U.S. midterms: uwcip.substack.com/p/what-to-kn...

uwcip.substack.comWhat to Know About Election Forecasting and Prediction Markets This NovemberWhat to Expect When We’re Electing

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One benefit of holding leaders accountable for crimes is that if Flávio Bolsonaro tries to overturn this election, he knows exactly where he’d end up. In prison, next to his father.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins fourth term, according to electoral court.

There is a high bar to be amazing by Grumbach and Bonica’s standards but this paper clears it.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

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Replying to @pftompkins.bsky.social

Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

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I am prepared to throw my PhD in neuroscience behind "There is no single aspect of the human brain where a binary categorization truly applies." What to *do* re: named neurotypes, deficit-focused definitions, and support needs is harder. Inappropriate dimensionality reduction isn't the answer.

hegelian vs predator@reachrachelkahn.bsky.social

As far as I am aware there is not a single aspect of the human brain and body where a binary categorization truly applies. They are each their own gradients and each individual is shaped by the intersections and interactions of those qualities in the locus of the individual

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This is horrifying. Please join me in calling for an immediate return to getting our false intelligence about WMDs from the CIA and other organic sources.

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social

Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...

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We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social

On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.

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This may be the biggest news of Seattle's election night. An upstart progressive is well positioned to unseat the establishment rep, Tomiko Santos, in WA's 37th district, which covers south Seattle.

ICYMI: Friday ballot drop, August 2026: Kelabe Tewolde now leads Sharon Tomiko Santos in 37th LD House race Here's what's happening in some of the… https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/08/friday-ballot-drop-august-2026-kelabe-tewolde-now-leads-sharon-tomiko-santos-in-37th-ld-house-race.html

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Trump on USA-Belgium: "If they beat us, they can be really proud. The other way, if they beat us, we'll say -- I say it was rigged, just like the election was rigged in 2020, but I won't get into that."

What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 2000s- Oh Brother Where Art Thou 2010s- Death of Stalin, John Wick, or Bladerunner 2049 (I genuinely can't decide) 2020s-Sinners (by a significant margin)

Bugs 🔜 MC Atlanta@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social

What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 90's - the matrix (or gremlins 2: a new batch) 2000's - the incredibles 10's - It Follows 20's - We're all going to the world's fair

@johntinker.bsky.social I don’t know if you remember me but in 2015 you helped me when I was protesting the pledge of allegiance as an 8th grader. I was wondering if I could send you a DM since I am now a teacher and have been teaching about what you did and how you helped me.